Fri. 3/30/12 8:38am
Erella in toronto:
Wonderful start to the day. Glad to hear you today.

Fri. 3/30/12 8:42am
listener james from westwood:
Mornin' Doug, Van, and Erella, and all lurkers, listeners, and well-wishers!

Fri. 3/30/12 8:43am
Doug Schulkind:
Good day to you, Erella! We shall start with some killer gospel and go from there. Hey, did I see that the Blue Jays are 22-4 this spring training?! Very nice. The more to crush the Yankees this summer!

Fri. 3/30/12 8:44am
Van in DC:
Hey there LJFW - good morning to you!

Fri. 3/30/12 8:46am
Bob in Charlottesville:
Good morning Doug--I just wanted to make sure that you knew about the many many hours of amazing Alan Lomax material now available at http://www.culturalequity.org. When you see that a recording has a reference number like T1248R15, you can plug it into a URL like http://c0383352.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/audio/T1248R15.mp3 to download it.

Fri. 3/30/12 8:49am
Doug Schulkind:
Thanks Bob in C! I am ALL over it. Back more than 10 years ago when Rounder was reissuing the entire Lomax catalog, I had a feller from the archive on my show many times debuting new batches of releases. I spent some time in the Lomax vaults and was blown away. This is a huge deal!

Fri. 3/30/12 8:53am
Bob in Charlottesville:
The free, downloadable availability of so much great and important music on the Lomax site, without any SOPA/PIPA/Mediafire/legal issues, is something to especially appreciate these days.

Fri. 3/30/12 8:55am
Van in DC:
Ahh, wonderful free downloads. Much better than the old days :)

Fri. 3/30/12 9:02am
Parq:
Man, you've got to get up early to be one of the starters on this playlist.

Fri. 3/30/12 9:03am
Brain in KU:
Seem to have spent most of this week on motorways, getting punchy by the end. I was in a car. So you drive carefully, Mr Drummer.

Fri. 3/30/12 9:04am
still b/p:
Good morning.
Heard about the Lomax mega-trove in recent days and thought that exploring through there could be an endless adventure....with just a mouse, a pith helment and an extra sandwich.

Fri. 3/30/12 9:21am
annie:
i sure have doug, went to the meeting a week ago, met some of the gang. i await the email to confirm i'm ready to volunteer. i've been told i can start with office work, which is fine.

Fri. 3/30/12 9:25am
Paul Sherratt:
Adapted t-shirt slogan for DJs " When in doubt, head for the gospel shelf " Swapping 'shelf' for 'tent' gets you to the advice on that fashion accessory at Jazz Fest, circa 1990.
Morning, afternoon, etc all

Fri. 3/30/12 9:34am
Artie:
Good morning all. Another fine day in the Carolinas. (Though Doug's got me all worried about my potential for gaining grace.) Thx for the Lomax tip. If you haven't yet found it, there has been a video channel set up as well. Subscribe and enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/user/AlanLomaxArchive

Fri. 3/30/12 9:43am
Paul Sherratt:
Hi Brian, ' Got a tankful of gas' and whatever else it says in the song ' and will be heading down there in a day or four. Did you know that our DJ has already been there ?
Morning Doug !

Fri. 3/30/12 9:44am
Doug Schulkind:
Yes, you are right, nbbob, they are covering Thompson's hit version of Loudermilk's tune.

Fri. 3/30/12 9:49am
Hugo:
Hi all, just had a request on the blog I'm co-running about whether there are lyrics to be found of the vocal version of "Mra" on Dudu Pukwana's Zila 86 album. I really don't know but perhaps someone here does?

Fri. 3/30/12 9:50am
Paul Sherratt:
Brian. I will. You really can't move for the things.
Note to non uk subscribers. The Cornish Pasty snack is now subject to a sales tax in a cunning plan by our tory rulers to bring the world economy back on track

Fri. 3/30/12 9:52am
Doug Schulkind:
The song "Mra" is about Christopher Columbus Ngcukana.

Fri. 3/30/12 10:04am
northguineahills:
In Pachuca, Mexico (where my fiance is from), they have a snack called pastes. It was introduced by Cornish miner immigrants in the late 1800s. It's essentially the same thing as Cornish pasties, but spicier (and local ingredients), and the only place in Mexico you can find them are in Pachuca (or Brooklyn when my gf makes them).

Fri. 3/30/12 10:11am
northguineahills:
@Brain in KU: exactly, it still has the seam on the outside. It's usually discarded as well, but I'm a gringo and I likes me crusties.

Fri. 3/30/12 10:14am
Holly in NC:
Hi Dpug # all! Another Carolinian popping in to say hi before venturing out to a lovely day, albeit one covered with pollen & inchworm poo.
And Doug - that snarky anti-Yankees comment was hardly necessary... ;-)

Fri. 3/30/12 10:14am
Brain in KU:
still b/p ever had Turkish yogurt, really tasty, my only problem was the amount of sugar they put on it. Try & get downwind of Kurdish food, it is wonderful. There we are Doug, only two hours & still food & drink.

Fri. 3/30/12 10:15am
holland oats:
twenty years ago, if you told karlheinz stockhausen that people all over the world would someday listen to his music while simultaneously discussing pachucan pastes over computer chat, he'd have said you were crazy

Fri. 3/30/12 10:15am
ndbob:
and don't forget the pasties from the UP of Michigan

Fri. 3/30/12 10:21am
still b/p:
I only finally talked myself into any yogurt habit at all a few years ago, but noooo added sugar no never no how. Sweeten it myself with fruit chunks. Smoothie operator....smooooothie operator...

Fri. 3/30/12 10:22am
Paul Sherratt:
northguineahills, I believe our DJ warmed us up to the possibility by spinning The Stokkers some time last year. I have a fuzzy memory of KS on the Drummer wavelength before, mind you.

Fri. 3/30/12 10:23am
listener james from westwood:
been preferring the greek-style yogurt lately. gave it a try, got over the initial tartness/intensity, and now prefer it. i find big-brand commercial yogurt sugary and loose now.

Fri. 3/30/12 10:25am
still b/p:
I think Sugary & Loose was a pop soul duo in the late seventies.

Fri. 3/30/12 10:38am
glenn:
libery mediterranean is the yogurt all other yogurts bow down to.

Fri. 3/30/12 10:41am
Brain in KU:
Could I suggest this as a compliment to Chris Corsano's suggestions for the Summer game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duckworth_Lewis_Method_(band)

Fri. 3/30/12 10:41am
Hugo:
@Doug: There is now a second Blue Notes cd from the 1979 Holland tour, this one WITH Chris McGregor. Just ordered it.

(I cannot imagine a FMU comments board WITHOUT reference to food :-)

Fri. 3/30/12 10:41am
northguineahills:
Jealous of all of this dairy talk. I've been lactose intolerant since my early 20s, but I still love dairy. Lactase supplements marginally work, but sometimes the pain is worth it.

Fri. 3/30/12 10:54am
still b/p:
Which came first, You're Gone or 1966 Steppin' Stone by PR and Raiders and then Monkees?

Fri. 3/30/12 10:56am
KevinfromBayRidge:
Hello Doug & All,
Greetings from the sunny shores of Eastern Jamaica Bay!
Doug, since food seems to be the thing, I did a "Dine In Brooklyn" last night in your old nabe at Jake's BBQ on Columbia nr Degraw. Greatest BBQ Brisket ever. Hope I'm not grossing out any GTDS vegans.

Fri. 3/30/12 10:56am
marcury:
ndbob, haven't had macdonalds in a long time, but we do an homage to the big mac at my restaurant